News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


East Bay Resident Found Guilty Of Attempting To Help Smuggle Cocaine Through Bay Area Airports

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A jury found Lemack Bellot guilty of two counts of attempting to aid and abet possession with intent to distribute cocaine in a scheme to smuggle drugs through San Francisco International Airport (SFO), announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon. The verdicts follow a week-long trial before the Honorable Vince Chhabria, United States District Judge.


USDA-NRCS grant application closes on April 22

FY 22 Florida Agriculture Conservation Easement Program grant opened on March 8.


Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam S.P.A. Airplanes on March 7

The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Leader of Proud Boys Indicted in Federal Court for Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol Breach.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that JAMES MOHAMAD, 52, of Kenner, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to use an interstate facility with intent to carry on unlawful activity (Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 1952(a)(3)) and filing false tax returns (Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1)).


Whitehall Man Charged with Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kevin Smurphat, age 33, of Whitehall, New York, appeared in federal court yesterday on child pornography charges.


News Release: STATESBORO, GA: The last of seven defendants indicted in a multi-county drug trafficking operation has been sentenced to federal prison.



West Memphis Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

A West Memphis man has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky sentenced Deterrius Wilson, 36, Thursday afternoon in Little Rock.


Man Responsible for Violent Crime Spree in Central Virginia to Serve 30 Years in Prison

A Gordonsville, Virginia man, who committed a series of armed robberies of commercial businesses in the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and Stafford County in the Summer of 2020, was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison.


Alexandria Man Sentenced for Armed Fentanyl Trafficking

An Alexandria man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for conspiracy, possession, and distribution of fentanyl and Eutylone, and being a felon in possession of a firearm during drug trafficking.


News Release: PHOENIX - A longstanding relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom on environmental cleanup was commemorated during the 2022 Waste Management Symposia with the renewal of a statement of intent to continue collaboration on technologies and approaches to legacy waste management. Signing...


United States Citizen Residing in Dominican Republic Sentenced to 178 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Import Cocaine into United States

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A United States citizen who had been residing in the Dominican Republic was sentenced today to 178 months in prison for conspiring to import hundreds of pounds of cocaine into the United States from Venezuela, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Lead Defendant Sentenced in Middle Georgia Methamphetamine-Trafficking Conspiracy

The lead defendant in a now-disrupted Laurens County methamphetamine-trafficking ring has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to his leadership role in the conspiracy.



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Omaha Man Using a 3D Printer to Convert Glocks to Machine Guns Sentenced to 57 Months

United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Riley Griffy, age 29, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for unlawfully possessing a machinegun.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Andrew Carl Fulda (44, Jacksonville) to 37 months in federal prison for possessing firearms while he was subject to a domestic violence injunction. The Court also ordered Fulda to forfeit two rifles, a carbine, two pistols, two revolvers, nine silencers, and 4,435 rounds of ammunition. Fulda had pleaded guilty on Nov. 16, 2021.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) today released its Strategic Vision 2022-2032, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated cleanup achievements over the next decade.


US Department of Labor serves up $188K in back wages, damages for 104 workers at three Chicago pizzerias as employer tries to defy investigators

News Release: CHICAGO - While Sarpino’s Pizzeria locations in Chicago promise quick delivery when customers call, the business’ operator was much less responsive when U.S. Department of Labor investigators chose to review the employer’s pay practices.